Mahershala Ali won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of a drug dealer in Moonlight on Sunday, becoming the first Muslim to be awarded a golden statuette for acting.

It has been a breakout year for Ali, who starred in the Netflix series Luke Cage and also had a role in another Oscar-nominated film, Hidden Figures, The Telegraph reported.

The 43-year-old actor paid tribute to his teachers and Moonlight director Barry Jenkins in his acceptance speech and glowed on stage as he thanked his wife, who gave birth to their daughter four days earlier.